Clarets captain Steve Davis is hoping to make it third time lucky by winning at Scunthorpe tonight to set up an FA Cup fourth-round clash at Bolton.

After a 2-2 draw at Turf Moor and a last-ditch postponement a week ago because of the big freeze at Glanford Park, Burnley and Scunthorpe will try again to decide who makes the Sunday lunch-time trip to the Reebok Stadium.

The Third Division side has twice sensed a possible upset but haven't been able to get past the Clarets and with Burnley seemingly over their mid-winter blues, Davis believes Stan Ternent's side may now have a psychological edge.

"I think possibly there is," he said. "They probably feel like they did enough in the first game to have gone through.

"But as the old saying goes 'It's not over 'til the fat lady sings' and Lennie grabbed an equaliser so here we are today."

Scunthorpe then fancied their chances of pulling off a shock last Tuesday night on a frozen surface.

But referee Graham Frankland ended those hopes and on a playable pitch this evening Burnley will look to get the job done to guarantee an active weekend.

Davis added: "They will have been disappointed because if we had played the game it would have been a great leveller because it would have been like playing on an ice rink. But the referee had the final say. I don't think he was influenced by anyone in the Burnley camp. It was his decision, the game was off and we'll hopefully get it done tonight.

"It's a big game at Bolton. First and foremost though we've got to beat Scunthorpe which will be a hard game and then hopefully we can look forward to Bolton from tomorrow."

Bolton are spending the week in the sunshine of Spain and manager Sam Allardyce admits that he would rather be playing League games in their quest for automatic promotion.

Davis, on the other hand, is relishing the prospect of a cup run with a place already beckoning in the last 32.

"When the first two rounds were being played it's nice when you're involved in League games and not cup games. It does give you a boost and it only takes a couple of wins and you're right in the thick of the action then," he said.

"If you do manage to progress to the later rounds it does give the town a buzz, as well as the club and the lads themselves so it's important for everyone concerned that we do get into the fourth round at least.

"The League is the bread and butter and the club needs to consolidate this year. If you do have a cup run it's an added bonus.

"The League is the priority but it doesn't mean we're not taking the cup as seriously as we should do."

While Burnley survived the first meeting by the skin of their teeth thanks to Lennie Johnrose's injury-time goal they will travel to Lincolnshire tonight in a more confident frame of mind thanks to Saturday's 2-1 win over Barnsley.

"Hopefully we've turned the corner from the five defeats we've had on the trot," Davis added. "We managed to get a draw against Scunthorpe and Gillingham and then obviously we had the win on Saturday so the lads are pretty buoyant at the minute and looking forward to the game."

Scunthorpe have caused Burnley enough problems in the past couple of years to ensure that complacency shouldn't be an issue, however.

And Davis is ready for another potentially decisive tussle with Scunthorpe's dangerous front pair of Guy Ipoua and Steve Torpey.

The central defender said: "They are a big physical side and I'm sure if we match that then hopefully we'll come out on top.

"It's fair to say I think they caused us a few problems at home. Ipoua always seems to score against us for some reason so the main aim is to stop those two scoring and make sure we score more than them, it's as simple as that really.

"We had mentioned about other people chipping in with goals and Lennie's scored two in the last three games so well done to him and hopefully that will continue and we can spread the goals around."